Jenny E. Han, and Jennifer L. Jones, and Vin Tangpricha, and Mona A. Brown, and Li Hao, and Gautam Hebbar, and Moon Jeong Lee, and Shuling Liu, and Lou Ann S. Brown, and Thomas R. Ziegler, and Greg S. Martin

Background: There is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the critically ill patient population. Several intensive care unit studies have demonstrated an association between vitamin D deficiency [25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) < 20 ng/mL] and increased hospital length of stay (LOS), readmission rate, sepsis and mortality. Material and Methods: Pilot, double blind randomized control trial conducted on mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients. Subjects were administered either placebo, 50...

Philippe Koubbi, and Christophe Loots, and Gwenaelle Cotonnec, and Xavier Harlay, and Alain Grioche, and Sandrine Vaz, and Corinne Martin, and Mike Walkey, and Andre Carpentier

The spring distribution of larval fish stages of flatfishes in the Dover Strait (eastern English Channel) was studied in 1995 and 1999. Fish larvae were identified and sorted according to developmental stages in order to study their ontogenic distribution. The French coastal waters are characterised by an unstable tide-dependent front, which influences larval dispersion. In spring, the French coastal waters have a high phytoplanktonic production. They have higher temperatures, lower salinities a...

Gianluca eCorno, and Manuela eCoci, and Manuela eCoci, and Marco eGiardina, and Marco eGiardina, and Sonia ePlechuk, and Sonia ePlechuk, and Floriana eCampanile, and Stefania eStefani

The release of antibiotics (AB) into the environment poses several threats for human health due to potential development of ABresistant natural bacteria. Even though the use of low-dose antibiotics has been promoted in health care and farming, significant amounts of AB are observed in aquatic environments. Knowledge on the impact of AB on natural bacterial communities is missing both in terms of spread and evolution of resistance mechanisms, and of modifications of community composition and prod...

P. G. Giordano, and G. Arratia, and H.-P. Schultze

Scales of a new species of Teleosteomorpha from the continental Aptian of the south of South America are studied. These neopterygians are from the La Cantera Formation in central Argentina, and were previously identified as Pholidophoriformes. They present ganoid scales; most of them are rhombic with well-developed peg-and-socket articulations and possessing a smooth surface. They have a straight posterior margin, but occasionally, some scales of the flank have a sinuous posterior margin with on...

T. Edinburgh, and J. J. Day

In stark contrast to the sharp decline in Arctic sea ice, there has been a steady increase in ice extent around Antarctica during the last three decades, especially in the Weddell and Ross seas. In general, climate models do not to capture this trend and a lack of information about sea ice coverage in the pre-satellite period limits our ability to quantify the sensitivity of sea ice to climate change and robustly validate climate models. However, evidence of the presence and nature of sea ice wa...

M. Van de Broek, and S. Temmerman, and R. Merckx, and G. Govers

Tidal marshes are sedimentary environments and are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. As a consequence they have the potential to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by sequestering organic carbon (OC). In the past decades, most research on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in marsh environments has focused on salt marshes, leaving carbon dynamics in brackish and freshwater marshes largely understudied and neglecting the diversity among tidal marshes. We therefore conduc...

Mostafa M. El-Sheekh, and Hanan M. Khairy, and Saly F. Gheda, and Rania A. El-Shenody

Microalgae have efficient nutritional influence to obtain high survival growth and quality of fish larvae and to promote the growth of brine shrimp. In this work the Plackett–Burman statistical design was applied to specify which nutrient factor(s) optimize the nutritional contents [protein, carbohydrate, β-carotene, ascorbic acid and free radical scavenging activity (DPPH)] in the marine alga Nannochloropsis oculata used in aquaculture to maximize marine hatchery production. N. oculata was cult...

L.-S. He, and L.-S. He, and P. L. Dyson, and M. L. Parkinson, and W. Wan

<p style="line-height: 20px;"> Seasonal and diurnal variations in the direction of propagation of medium-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) have been investigated by analyzing sea echo returns detected by the TIGER SuperDARN radar located in Tasmania (43.4° S, 147.2° E geographic; –54.6°Λ). A strong dependency on local time was found, as well as significant seasonal variations. Generally, the propagation direction has a northward (i.e. equatorward) component. In the early...

Teodor Pevec, and Bojana Beović

<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: The selection of perioperative prophylactic antibiotic is based on the expected bacterial flora in the site of the surgical procedure and its susceptibility to antibiotics. Recent reports on coagulase-negative staphylococci, typical representatives of skin flora, showed their resistance to methicillin. We may wonder whether cefazolin is still the antibiotic of choice for surgical prophylaxis in clean surgical procedures.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods</stron...

Tomasz Nowosielski

Shipping markets are dependent on international trade transactions that generate transport needs. These needs can dynamically change depending on global natural resources and commodity markets situation. The changes affecting shipping markets can also be caused by changes to the existing cargo flows and by establishing new ones in different geographies. It is anticipated that in the future shipping markets will change, visible by a decline in shipping in North America and Europe and an increase ...

A. Quiquet, and C. Ritz, and H. J. Punge, and D. Salas y Mélia

As pointed out by the forth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC-AR4 (Meehl et al., 2007), the contribution of the two major ice sheets, Antarctica and Greenland, to global sea level rise, is a subject of key importance for the scientific community. By the end of the next century, a 3–5 °C warming is expected in Greenland. Similar temperatures in this region were reached during the last interglacial (LIG) period, 130–115 ka BP, due to a change in orbital confi...

María V. López van Oosterom, and Carolina S. Ocón, and Florencia Brancolini, and Miriam E. Maroñas, and Eduardo D. Sendra, and Alberto Rodrigues Capítulo

The diet and trophic relationships between the macroinvertebrates Phyllogomphoides joaquini Rodrigues Capítulo, 1992 and Coenagrionidae (Odonata), Chironomidae (Diptera), Diplodon delodontus (Lamarck, 1919) (Bivalvia: Hyriidae), and Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) (Gastropoda: Ampulariidae) and the fishes Pimelodella laticeps Eigenmann, 1917 (Heptapteridae) and Bryconamericus iheringii (Boulenger, 1887) (Characidae) in a temperate lowland lotic system in Argentina were assessed on the basis...

Marcos Eduardo Cordeiro Bernardes, and Luiz Bruner de Miranda

A circulação estacionária e a estratificação de sal na região sul do Sistema Estuarino-lagunar de Cananéia-Iguape e no Canal de Bertioga são descritas. Os modelos de Fisher el al. (1972), Prandle (1985) e Miranda (1998) foram escolhidos para a simulação dos perfis verticais do componente longitudinal da velocidade e da salinidade. Os dados experimentais utilizados na calibração desses modelos foram amostrados em 41 estações fixas de um ou dois ciclos de maré semidiurna. Os modelos reproduziram c...

Michael Lowry, and Heath Folpp, and Marcus Gregson, and Rob Mckenzie

Monitoring strategies which adequately represent the entire community associated with artificial structures will enable more informed decisions regarding the broader effects of artificial structures and their role in the management of fisheries resources. Despite the widespread application of a range of in situ visual monitoring methodologies used in the assessment of artificial structures, the relative biases associated with each method have not been critically examined and remain poorly unders...

Teresa Cristina S Sigaud-Kutner, and Elizabeth Aidar

The effect of salinity changes on the growth responses and chlorophyll-&#945; content of four species of planktonic algae (Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Tetraselmisgracilis, Minutocelluspotymorphus, Chaetoceros sp) was evaluated using a batch culture technique. P. tricornutum, showing high values of maximum growth rate (div d-1) over the entire salinity range, revealed a great capability of metabolic adjustment when subjected to osmotic shocks. T. gracilis, M. polymorphus and Chaetoceros sp were ab...

Werther Krohling, and Daniel Shimada Brotto, and Ilana Rosental Zalmon

The northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State lacks natural consolidate substrates, making it a proper environment to the development of researches using artificial structures. After studies about the type of substrate, concrete seems to be the most appropriate for studying fouling community development. This research was carried out to investigate the functional role of biofouling in the development of the ichthyic community in the north of Rio de Janeiro State. Percentage data of the epibenthic o...

Yi-Jyun Chen, and Chia-Tze Kao, and Tsui-Hsien Huang

In order to increase the success rate of temporary anchorage devices (TADs), it is important not to cause root injury or soft-tissue inflammation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate hard- and soft-tissue thicknesses of TAD insertion sites and the perforation ratio with different lengths of TADs by cone beam volumetric computed tomography (CBCT). Materials and methods: The hard- and soft-tissue thicknesses were evaluated on 10 patients (5 males and 5 females) by CBCT. The ages ranged 20...

M.J. James, and S.M. Proudman, and R.G. Metcalf, and L.D. Spargo, and T.R. Sullivan, and L.G. Cleland

Cheolyong Choi, and Yonmo Sung, and Gyung Min Choi, and Duck Jool Kim

In order to design a compact urea selective catalytic reduction system, numerical simulation was conducted by computational fluid dynamics tool. A swirl type static mixer and a mixing chamber were considered as mixing units in the system. It had great influence on flow characteristics and urea decomposition into ammonia. The mixer caused flow recirculation and high level of turbulence intensity, and the chamber increased residence time of urea- water-solution injected. Because of those effects, ...

Marina Carić, and Nenad Jasprica, and Marijeta Čalić, and Mirna Batistić

Phytoplankton and physical-chemical parameters were investigated for the first time in the only natural hyperhaline marine lakes (salinity > 40) along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, Mala Solina and Velika Solina. Two periods were recognized during the one-year investigation: one euhaline-mesotrophic from December to May and one hyperhaline- eutrophic from June to November. Nutrient limitation appears to have been important in defining the lakes’ seasonal phytoplankton composition. Phosphate was mos...

Ole Baltazar Andersen, and Gaia ePiccioni

Sea level monitoring in the Arctic region has always been an extreme challenge for remote sensing, and in particular for satellite altimetry. Despite more than two decades of observations, altimetry is still limited in the inner Arctic Ocean. We have developed an updated version of the Danish Technical University’s (DTU) Arctic Ocean altimetric sea level timeseries starting in 1993 and now extended up to 2015 with CryoSat-2 data. The timeseries covers a total of 23 years, which allows higher acc...

Mohammad H. Semreen, and Mohammed I. El-Gamal, and Shifaa Abdin, and Hajar Alkhazraji, and Leena Kamal, and Saba Hammad, and Faten El-Awady, and Dima Waleed, and Layal Kourbaj

Antimicrobial peptides are group of proteins showing broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity that have been known to be powerful agents against a variety of pathogens. This class of compounds contributed to solving the microbial resistance dilemma that limited the use of many potent antimicrobial agents. The marine environment is known to be one of the richest sources for antimicrobial peptides, yet this environment is not fully explored. Hence, the scientific research attention should be directed...

Natasha E. Wade, M.S., and Claudia B. Padula, Ph.D., and Robert M. Anthenelli, M.D., and Erik Nelson, M.D., and James Eliassen, Ph.D., and Krista M. Lisdahl, Ph.D.

Background: Scant research has been conducted on neural mechanisms underlying stress processing in individuals with alcohol dependence (AD). We examined neural substrates of stress in AD individuals compared with controls using an fMRI task previously shown to induce stress, assessing amygdala functional connectivity to medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Materials and methods: For this novel pilot study, 10 abstinent AD individuals and 11 controls completed a modified Trier stress task while under...

A. C. Martin, and G. C. Cornwell, and S. A. Atwood, and K. A. Moore, and N. E. Rothfuss, and H. Taylor, and P. J. DeMott, and S. M. Kreidenweis, and M. D. Petters, and K. A. Prather

During the CalWater 2015 field campaign, ground-level observations of aerosol size, concentration, chemical composition, and cloud activity were made at Bodega Bay, CA, on the remote California coast. A strong anthropogenic influence on air quality, aerosol physicochemical properties, and cloud activity was observed at Bodega Bay during periods with special weather conditions, known as Petaluma Gap flow, in which air from California's interior is transported to the coast. This study applies a di...

Sanaz Behnam, and Keikhosro Karimi, and Akram Zamani, and Arjomand Mehrabani-Zeinabad

  Introduction : One of the main applications of chitosan is for heavy metals removal from waste waters. Industrially, chitosan is produced through deacetylation of chitin present in shellfish waste. Another source of chitosan is the cell wall of zygomycetes fungi with several advantages over shellfish wastes .   Materials and method s: Fungal chitosan purified from biomass of Mucor indicus and shrimp chitosan were applied and compared for removal of copper ions from aqueous solution. The effect...

Alvin Chelliah, and Halimi Bin Amar, and Julian Hyde, and Katie Yewdall, and Peter D. Steinberg, and James R. Guest

Knowledge about the timing and synchrony of coral spawning has important implications for both the ecology and management of coral reef ecosystems. Data on the timing of spawning and extent of synchrony, however, are still lacking for many coral reefs, particularly from equatorial regions and from locations within the coral triangle. Here we present the first documentation of a multi-species coral spawning event from reefs around Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia, a popular diving and tourist de...

Paolo Casale, and Daniela Freggi, and Paolo Gratton, and Roberto Argano, and Marco Oliverio

The wide north African continental shelf in the central Mediterranean is known to be one of the few important areas in the basin for loggerhead turtles in the neritic stage. In order to assess the origin of these turtles, sequences of the mtDNA control region were obtained from 70 turtles caught by bottom trawlers in the area, and compared with known sequences from turtles from Mediterranean and Atlantic nesting sites. Five haplotypes were identified (Haplotype diversity = 0.262; nucleotide dive...

Johan Eklöf, and Åsa Austin, and Ulf Bergström, and Serena Donadi, and Britas D.H.K. Eriksson, and Joakim Hansen, and Göran Sundblad

Background Organism biomass is one of the most important variables in ecological studies, making biomass estimations one of the most common laboratory tasks. Biomass of small macroinvertebrates is usually estimated as dry mass or ash-free dry mass (hereafter ‘DM’ vs. ‘AFDM’) per sample; a laborious and time consuming process, that often can be speeded up using easily measured and reliable proxy variables like body size or wet (fresh) mass. Another common way of estimating AFDM (one of the most a...

Rashad Zayat, and Andreas Goetzenich, and Ju-Yeon Lee, and HeeJung Kang, and So-Hyun Jansen-Park, and Thomas Schmitz-Rode, and Giulia Musetti, and Heike Schnoering, and Rüdiger Autschbach, and Nima Hatam, and Ali Aljalloud

Background Bedside non-invasive techniques, such as radial artery tonometry, to estimate hemodynamic parameters have gained increased relevance as an attractive alternative and efficient method to measure hemodynamics in outpatient departments. For our pilot study, we sought to compare cardiac output (CO), and stroke volume (SV) estimated from a radial artery tonometry blood pressure pulse analyzer (BPPA) (DMP-Life, DAEYOMEDI Co., Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) to pulsed-wave Doppler (PWD) echocardio...

Yuan Li, and Liang Yan, and Ji-guang Zhao, and Fan Liu, and Tao Wang

A new proportional navigation (PN) guidance law, called combined proportional navigation (CPN), is proposed. The guidance law is designed to intercept high-speed targets, which is a common case for ballistic targets. The range of target-to-interceptor speed ratio during target interception is derived when guidance laws are applied in high-speed targets interception, and the effectiveness of negative navigation ratio in the PN-based guidance law is proven analytically in some lemmas. Based on the...

Danielle eMayer, and Zvy eDubinsky, and David eIluz

In a littoral cave system, abiotic environmental properties, such as the intensity and spectral distribution of light, often change going from the exterior to the interior part of the cave, filtering the light and thus creating a deep-sea irradiance setting for marine flora. In this mini-review, we suggest that the supralittoral zone in littoral caves might provide a sanctuary for mesophotic calcifying algae. These abiotic conditions offered an opportunity for normally deep-water mesophotic spec...

M. PECAREVIC, and J. MIKUS, and A. BRATOS CETINIC, and J. DULCIC, and M. CALIC

The Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea covers more than 35% of the total Croatian territory, which means that monitoring changes in marine ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity are of great importance. Following global changes, Croatia is experiencing increasing problems due to the introduction of new species that include aliens (due to aquaculture activities and shipping) and species from other Mediterranean subregions that are extending their geographic range. This work provides a che...

І. О. Alexeevs’ka, and V. M. Shepelenko, and N. I. Shtemenko

Carbonyl components content of aquatic plants’ surface lipids has been studied. High concentration of oxo-compounds in surface lipids of aquatic plants has been shown. It could reach 60 % of total value. Sufficient heterogeneity of surface lipids has been demonstrated. Unsaturated character of oxo-components in aquatic plants’ surface lipids has been assumed in the present work.

M.T. Veit, and R.C. Macieira, and M. Zendron, and H. Pedrosa, and S. Cantu, and A.P. Teixeira

<p>This study aims to describe the creation process of standard procedures to make possible multicentre studies related to emotional aspects of thalassaemic patients, their families and caregivers; and the pilot phase of the routine implementation. The objectives defined to perform this goal are: i) develop routines to assess and manage/treat emotional issues; ii) adjust the ABRASTA - Brazilian Association of Thalassaemia computer system to the input of collected data and its compilation; iii) c...

Hsien-Feng Kung, and Chun-Yung Huang, and Chia-Min Lin, and Lon-Hsiu Liaw, and Yi-Chen Lee, and Yung-Hsiang Tsai

Thirty dried flying fish products were purchased from fishing village stores in Taiwan and tested to detect the presence of histamine and histamine-forming bacteria. Except for histamine and cadaverine, the average content of various biogenic amines in the tested samples was less than 3.5 mg/100 g. Eight (26.6%) dried flying fish samples had histamine levels greater than the United States Food and Drug Administration guideline of 5 mg/100 g for scombroid fish and/or scombroid products, whereas f...

Inés Martínez-Pita, and Ana I. Sánchez-España, and Francisco J. García

The gonadal index and reproductive state of the sea urchin Sphaerechinus granularis were studied for a year in three populations from southeast Spain. The development of the gonad during the period of study was assessed using histological methods and four maturity stages were considered for female specimens and two for male specimens. The study of gonad development showed a clearly defined annual cycle of gametogenesis with a single spawning period in summer-autumn. It begins in June at Torremue...

Ines Cerenzia, and Davide Putero, and Flavio Bonsignore, and Gaia Galassi, and Marco Olivieri, and Giorgio Spada

The regions facing the northern Adriatic Sea are particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Several trade ports are located there, and the area is important from social and economical viewpoints. Since tourism and cultural heritage are a significant source of income, an increase in sea-level could hinder the development of these regions. One of the longest sea-level time series in the northern Adriatic, which goes back to the late 1880s, has been recorded at Marina di Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna ...

R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, and S. Martin, and C. Ferrier-Pagès, and J.-P. Gattuso

Atmospheric CO₂ partial pressure (<i>p</i>CO₂) is expected to increase to 700 &mu;atm or more by the end of the present century. Anthropogenic CO₂ is absorbed by the oceans, leading to decreases in pH and the CaCO₃ saturation state (Ω) of the seawater. Elevated <i>p</i>CO₂ was shown to drastically decrease calcification rates in tropical zooxanthellate corals. Here we show, using the Mediterranean zooxanthellate coral <i>Cladocora caespitosa...

Hemtanon, P., and Bunyaviwat, V., and Direkbusarakom, S.

In this study, the extract of Spirulina platensis were examined in vitro to inhibit white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and application of dry S. platensis in diet for prevention of white spot syndrome (WSS) in post larvae and juvenile black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). The results showed that the lowest concentration of the extract for inhibiting WSSV was 0.01 mg/ml, while the optimum concentration was found to be 0.1 mg/ ml in which the mortality rate of the shrimp was 4 percents and infection...

A. I. Kubryakov, and G. K. Korotaev, and V. L. Dorofeev, and Y. B. Ratner, and A. Palazov, and N. Valchev, and V. Malciu, and R. Mateescu, and T. Oguz

The Black Sea coastal nowcasting and forecasting system was built within the framework of EU FP6 ECOOP (European COastalshelf sea OPerational observing and forecasting system) project for five regions: the south-western basin along the coasts of Bulgaria and Turkey, the north-western shelf along the Romanian and Ukrainian coasts, coastal zone around of the Crimea peninsula, the north-eastern Russian coastal zone and the coastal zone of Georgia. The system operates in the real-time mode during th...

Daura Regina Eiras-Stofella, and Patricia Charvet-Almeida

The gills of the adult fish, Eugerres brasilianus (Gerreidae) were analyzed in a scanning electron microscope. The stratified epithelium was uniform on all parts of the branchial arch. Concentric microridges were present on cells that form this epithelium and were mainly observed in the primary lamellae and pharyngeal region where mucous cells were also abundant. The ultrastructural features of E. brasilianus gills indicated that this was not a filtering species, and that the feeding habit inclu...

Bruno E. Soares, and Cleonice M. C. Lobato, and Danielly T. H. Freitas, and Roberta D. Oliveira-Raiol, and Luciano F. A. Montag

Abstract Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) is one of the most common fishes in tide pools in the estuary of Pará state, and has an omnivorous feeding habit. This study examined the diet of the species in Maiandeua Island, and aimed to: (i) describe the diet of B. soporator through indexes based on the occurrence and weight of consumed items; and (ii) evaluate if there is variation in diet composition between males and females. Frequency of Occurrence, frequency of weight and Alimentary ...

Roze Janis A.

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Sarin Rajiv

Marina Dolbeth, and Marina Dolbeth, and Sylvain Dolédec

We considered an estuarine system having naturally low levels of diversity, but attaining considerable high production levels, and being subjected to different sorts of anthropogenic impacts and climate events to investigate the relationship between diversity and secondary production. Functional diversity measures were used to predict benthic production, which is considered as a proxy of the ecosystem provisioning services. To this end, we used a 14-year dataset on benthic invertebrate community...

Christopher E. Bird, and Erik C. Franklin, and Celia M. Smith, and Robert J. Toonen

The effects of tides on littoral marine habitats are so ubiquitous that shorelines are commonly described as ‘intertidal’, whereas waves are considered a secondary factor that simply modifies the intertidal habitat. However mean significant wave height exceeds tidal range at many locations worldwide. Here we construct a simple sinusoidal model of coastal water level based on both tidal range and wave height. From the patterns of emergence and submergence predicted by the model, we derive four ve...

Hugh Brammer

The physical geography of Bangladesh’s coastal area is more diverse and dynamic than is generally recognised. Failure to recognise this has led to serious misconceptions about the potential impacts of a rising sea-level on Bangladesh with global warming. This situation has been aggravated by accounts giving incorrect information on current rates of coastal erosion and land subsidence. This paper describes physical conditions within individual physiographic regions in Bangladesh’s coastal area ba...

Yamamuro K, and Okada K, and Kishimoto N, and Ota T, and Iida J, and Kishimoto T

Kazuhiko Yamamuro,1 Koji Okada,2 Naoko Kishimoto,1 Toyosaku Ota,1 Junzo Iida,3 Toshifumi Kishimoto1 1Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, 2Department of Psychiatry, Jingumaecocorono-Clinic, 3Faculty of Nursing, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan Aim: Earlier brain imaging research studies have suggested that brain abnormalities in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) normalize as clinical symptoms improve. However, although many studies...

Francisco Charles Barros Caula, and Maria Petronília de Oliveira, and Everardo Lima Maia

O presente estudo tem como objetivo determinar o teor de colesterol total em amostras de pescado de água marinha e doce. As amostras analisadas foram o pargo marinho, Lutjanus purpureus, e os seguintes peixes de água doce: tilápia do Nilo, Oreochromis niloticus, curimatã, Prochilodus cearensis e a sardinha, Triportheus angulatus, adquiridas em pontos comerciais (frigoríficos, feira de pescado da praia de Mucuripe e feira-livre suburbana) de Fortaleza - Ceará. Além da determinação do teor de cole...

Tatiane Ferraz Luiz, and Marcela Roquetti Velludo, and Alberto Carvalho Peret, and Jorge Luiz Rodrigues Filho, and André Moldenhauer Peret

The Blue Peacock Bass (Cichla piquiti), native to the Tocantins-Araguaia river basin of the Amazon system, was introduced into the basin of the Paranaíba River, Paraná River system. Cachoeira Dourada reservoir is one of a series of dams on the Paranaíba River in central Brazil, where this fish has become established. A study of its feeding spectrum, combined with information about its reproductive characteristics and population structure, would enable the current state of this species in the res...